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http://www.mapinc.org/pix/xmlpower.gifUS NY: Marijuana Policy Change Is Said To Be Consideredhttp://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v18/n112/a05.html
New York Times, 15 May 2018 - The district attorneys in Manhattan and Brooklyn are weighing plans to stop prosecuting the vast majority of people arrested on marijuana charges, potentially curbing the consequences of a law that in New York City is enforced most heavily against black and Hispanic people. The Brooklyn district attorney's office, which in 2014 decided to stop prosecuting many low-level marijuana cases, is considering expanding its policy so that more people currently subject to arrest on marijuana charges, including those who smoke outside without creating a public nuisance, would not be prosecuted, one official familiar with the discussions said. Mueller, BenjaminNew York TimesCannabis - United States2018-05-19US NY: Making Sense Of Marijuana Arrestshttp://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v18/n112/a04.html
New York Times, 14 May 2018 - If you've walked around New York City lately, there's a good chance you've smelled weed. People smoke walking their dogs in the West Village, and they smoke in apartment building lobbies in the South Bronx. They smoke outside bars and restaurants and in the park. White people largely don't get arrested for it. Black and Hispanic people do, despite survey after survey saying people of most races smoke at similar rates. Mueller, BenjaminNew York TimesCannabis - United States2018-05-19US NY: Deblasio Directs Police Dept. To End 'unnecessary' Marijuanahttp://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v18/n112/a02.html
New York Times, 16 May 2018 - After years of halting steps, top prosecutors and elected officials in New York City on Tuesday made a sudden dash toward ending many of the marijuana arrests that for decades have entangled mostly black and Hispanic people. The plans, still unwritten and under negotiation, will rise or fall on the type of conduct involving marijuana that officials decide should still warrant arrest and prosecution. The changes appear likely to create a patchwork of prosecution policies across the city's five boroughs, and are unlikely to restrict police officers from stopping and searching people on suspicion of possessing a drug that is now legal in a number of states. Mueller, BenjaminNew York TimesCannabis - United States2018-05-19US NY: Marijuana Cases In New York City Reveal Race Gaphttp://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v18/n112/a03.html
New York Times, 14 May 2018 - They sit in courtroom pews, almost all of them young black men, waiting their turn before a New York City judge to face a charge that no longer exists in some states: possessing marijuana. They tell of smoking in a housing project hallway, or of being in a car with a friend who was smoking, or of lighting up a Black & Mild cigar the police mistake for a blunt. There are many ways to be arrested on marijuana charges, but one pattern has remained true through years of piecemeal policy changes in New York: The primary targets are black and Hispanic people. Mueller, BenjaminNew York TimesCannabis - United States2018-05-19US: Sessions Further Complicates Medical Marijuana Researchhttp://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v18/n111/a08.html
Ft. Worth Star-Telegram, 11 May 2018 - Amid budding efforts to research the medical benefits of marijuana, a simple problem has emerged -- how do you research marijuana if no one can produce it under federal law? Despite a solution proposed in mid-2016, which allowed the Drug Enforcement Administration to approve marijuana manufacturers, only the University of Mississippi has been approved, despite dozens of applications to do so. And there's no sign the DEA intends to approve others anytime soon. Irby, KateFt. Worth Star-TelegramCannabis - United States2018-05-11US PA: Pa. Lawmaker Asks To Erase Marijuana Convictions For Patientshttp://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v18/n111/a05.html
Philadelphia Daily News, 08 May 2018 - A Pennsylvania legislator introduced a bill Monday that would give medical marijuana patients a chance of expunging a conviction of marijuana possession if the charge resulted from their use of cannabis for medical purposes. The bill is sponsored by State Sen. Daylin Leach (D-Montgomery), and does not have any support yet from Republicans who control the legislature. To be expunged, patients would have to prove they had a doctor's diagnosis for one of the 21 approved serious health conditions at the time of the conviction. The patient would also have to provide evidence they were using cannabis to treat the condition. Wood, SamPhiladelphia Daily NewsCannabis - United States2018-05-11US MA: Can The Mass. Marijuana Industry Help Heal Communitieshttp://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v18/n111/a01.html
Boston Globe, 05 May 2018 - THE WAR ON DRUGS? From Wall Street to Silicon Valley, industries across America are struggling to redress decades of discrimination and boost the ranks of minorities and the disenfranchised in their workforces. Adams, DanBoston GlobeCannabis - United States2018-05-05US HI: State Seeks Farmers To Grow Hemp As Crophttp://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v18/n108/a03.html
Honolulu Star-Advertiser, 29 Apr 2018 - Hawaii is another step closer to finding out whether industrial hemp could be a major crop. The state Department of Agriculture announced earlier this month that it is accepting applications for state licenses to grow hemp. Gomes, AndrewHonolulu Star-AdvertiserCannabis - United States2018-05-04US PA: Temple U. Researchers Take A Leading Role In Medical Marijuanahttp://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v18/n108/a04.html
Philadelphia Daily News, 30 Apr 2018 - Pennsylvania is gearing up to become a global center for cannabis research. Yet for more than a decade, Philadelphia has been on the forefront of investigations into the medicinal uses of marijuana. Sara Jane Ward has built a reputation exploring marijuana's effects on pain and addiction using animals at Temple University's Lewis Katz School of Medicine. Wood, SamPhiladelphia Daily NewsCannabis - United States2018-05-04More Headlineshttp://www.mapinc.org/find?261
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